Tuesday, April 29, 2008

[ Nate B. ] -------------------- [ Pav ]
Do you hear that rumbling? That's a Photoshop Expo on the way.

Here we go.
We find out tonight whether this is a series or a speedbump.

It's a Game 7 for the Rangers.
Steve Avery will feel at home in MSG.
The Rangers will come out smokin'.

And as many astute Pens fans have already said,
the Rangers may be a little desperate and want to come out with guns blazing in front of the MSG crowd.

It'll be up to the Pens to stick to their own gameplan
and take advantage of the mistakes, because the opportunities will be there.

And let's not forget:

The return of Steiggy, Errey, and Potash.
Maybe their swan song for the 2007-08 season.

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Here are links where displaced Pens fans can watch games online.
[ Credit goes to the community that is C-blog ]

We've actually lucked out for this playoff series.
A dependable outlet to see a game is at [ Justin.tv/Rags2Riches ]

He is a Rangers fan, and it's already guaranteed that the game will be there tonight.
There is a live chat during the game right beside the embedded video.
As mentioned in Cblog, don't do anything that will get you banned.

If the smugness permeating from that picture isn't enough to make you punch yourself,
he spewed an unreal amount of garbage on the Forbes.com webshite.

We had to post the entire article because it is just too great.

Who is the greatest diver of all-time? Greg Louganis? Any member of Italy’s last World Cup soccer team? My vote goes to Sidney Crosby, the young superstar of the Pittsburgh Penguins who has tallied 294 points in his first 213 National Hockey League games. He flops, he falls, he scores! Crosby, who is an awesome skater, playmaker and shooter, might be the most complete player in the league. But, amazingly, the 21 year old loses all sense of coordination any time an opposing player gets within five feet of him.

Crosby’s dive in game one of the Eastern Conference semifinal series against the New York Rangers when Martin Straka barely touched him would have him a unanimous 10 in the Olympics. It had great timing (only minutes remained in regulation) and was choreographed beautifully (eloquent head first slide). On television the hockey pundits were quick to point out that, technically, Straka did interfere with Crosby. PLEASE! I know the NHL is desperately seeking its next Gretzkey. But does the Versus network actually believe its coverage does not lose credibility when former hockey players Brian Engblom and Keith Jones ignore reality? Since when are playoff games decided by acting ability?

The only analyst who got this call right was MSG analyst Stan Fischler, who has never been one to be intimidated by the league’s political correctness squad. Fischler correctly pointed out that for greatly embellishing the supposed foul Crosby should have been giving two minutes for diving—even if Straka did commit interference.

When the referees do not call the other team for being in the same area of the ice as Crosby, Mr. Penguin whines like a 12 year girl old shut out of a Hannah Montana concert. Up next: a guest appearance on Oprah. Shame on NHL commissioner Gary Bettman for allowing this sham to ruin the game and, if the center iceman’s academy award winning performances continue, Crosby’s legacy.

Our Roberts, who art in Pittsburgh, Gary be thy name. The Playoffs come, The cup be won, to Pittsburgh in the Arena called Mellon.

Give us this day our daily Pensblog and forgive us our reporters as we job those who job against us And lead us not into Philly, But deliver us from the Rangers, For thine is the Crosby, and the Malkin, and the Fleury for ever and ever.

the JJ interview on Sportsbeat was brutal. Jagr claims that he didnt really want to be traded, he just said that so the front office would "come up with the money." what money? there was no money to come up with. he woulda been better off buying Patrick some scratch off lottery tickets instead of making a statement like he did.

Looks like the crying is working to get a diving call though. It may have been a dive, but you know it was called because of all of the whining. Bad sign if the refs are being influenced by whining and the home crowd.

Agree dhudzin. I can't stand Edzo though. It seems like every time the Pens are on VS, he is calling the game and he always seems like he is still bitter that he got fired. Somehow he doesn't realize he was only there to be a lap dog for 66. Suck it Edzo, you are no HCMT.

That's the difference between us and the Rags. We get jobbed on a goal and respond with 2 quick goals that completely demoralizes them. They get jobbed and Jagr shaves his pubes and listens to Boy George records.

Oh, and also...since I am not in Pittsburgh, I am getting the Utterly Craptastic Versus Broadcast, which FROZE juuuuust long enough to miss the Laraque goal. Literally, the puck goes in the corner...and then like 15 seconds later they're showing Weeping Tom Renney and talking about how BGL put one home.

I really hope they win the Cup for guys like him. It's a guarantee Malkin, Crosby, and Staal will win Cups in their careers. BGL and Ruutu are UFAs after this season, and I would love to see them win a Cup with this team because it might not happen again for them. This team is unbelievable.

@eileenover: The young guys may not appreciate how hard it is yet, but its no guarantee they win one just because they are good. Plenty of great players in various sports don't have rings when they retire. Every single guy on this team deserves a ring!

One more catchupblog: on the Rags' goal, Malone and Sykora stupidly shoved Jagr further into the crease and knocked him into Fleury. They came in from the right and front and they should have come in from the left to shove him away from the net. That's why no goalie interference was called.

eileenover, the same could have been said of people like Ray Borque early in his career, and it took a late career trade to get him one. A good example from the NFL is Marino, who got to the big game early, lost it, and never got back. Take nothing for granted.

Sooska, the yellow laces are favored by many European players. Someone did a story on it early in the season. I believe Ovechkin also wears them. I am thrilled that none of our players do. They're horridly ugly anyway, but they look especially bad with the Rags' unis.

It seems like the Pens keep track of when the TV timeouts are and use it to their advantage. I don't know if the players on ice are aware, but they have had a few TV breaks at opportune times in the last couple of games. If they do it on purpose, good for them.